Lithium Concentrate Haulage Commences
from Bald Hill
Highlights
- Haulage of Lithium concentrate has commenced
- Ship due at Port of Esperance, Western Australia on 2 May 2018
Tawana Resources NL (TAW:ASX) (Tawana) and Alliance Mineral Assets Limited
(SGX:40F) (AMAL) are pleased to announce that spodumene (lithium) concentrate
haulage has commenced from the Bald Hill Lithium and Tantalum Mine (Bald Hill) in
the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia.
Bald Hill, a joint venture project between Tawana and AMAL, is the first Australian
mine to commence spodumene production since 2016.
Tawana and AMAL have engaged Qube Bulk Pty Ltd (Qube) to provide product
loading, haulage, storage and ship loading. Qube has commenced lithium
concentrate haulage from Bald Hill for an initial shipment of 3,250t to depart on the
vessel Astra N, which is expected to berth at Esperance on 2 May 2018.
A second larger shipment of Bald Hill concentrate is expected later in May.
Tawana’s Managing Director Mark Calderwood said “Completion of the logistics
around the initial shipment of lithium concentrate represents another key milestone
for the mine. We currently have about 4,000t of the high-grade concentrate on site.
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